Seven
Pines Kennel is located in Hawkins, Texas and licensed by the State of Texas and registered with the DEA/DPS. Our services include:

Importing of Malinois and Dutch Shepherds

Deployment of man/dog security teams

Training and sales of police service dogs

Training, sales and deployment of drug detector dogs

Training and sales of personal protection dogs

Training and sales of commercial guard dogs

Guy Powell got
his start in dogs as a Vietnam dog handler assigned to SOG. After
returning to the states, Guy became one of the last U.S. Army MWD
trainers before the DOD contract got awarded to the U.S. Air Force. After
his ETS from the military, Guy became the general manager of
Southwestern Police Dog Academy in Houston, Texas. For the next 10 years
he oversaw the operation of the southwest's oldest and largest police
dog facility.

This kennel supplied dogs to the U.S. Border Patrol and
Customs Department as well as law enforcement agencies worldwide, and
was the first kennel in the southwest to deploy drug detector dogs in
the public school system. Exemplified many times over were the words
written on a plaque which stood by the facility's front door,
"Through these doors pass the finest trained police dogs in the
world".Sadly, after almost 40 years of continuous
operation, the facility closed in 1987 due to the owner's death. Since
that time Guy has spent 7 years as a full-time police canine trainer,
handler, and unit supervisor. He, and his police service dog, had the
distinction of being the only police canine unit from the State of
Alabama to perform security for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Georgia. In
addition to this, Guy has 7 years experience as the owner/operator of a
Texas state licensed dog training facility. During this time he has
trained and supplied dogs for law enforcement and civilian usage,
managed the operation of man/dog security teams, and trained and deployed a
large number of commercial guard dogs. Guy serves as a part-time
instructor of police canine activities for an area police academy and has experience in the highly specialized area of dog
handling for high risk security operations such as union organized
strikes and executive protection. He also has management experience in
this area, and can organize security teams for such operations.

Judith van Heugten-Powell, a
native of the Netherlands, was the office manager for the KNPV (Royal
Dutch Police Dog Association) from 1986-1997. As such, Judith oversaw the day to day activities for the 8,500 plus member
organization. During that time she was also an active
trainer/competitor in the program having titled a dog to the level of
PH1, and was fortunate enough to train with and learn from some of the
top KNPV trainers.

She is one of the most knowledgeable and ethical
importers of Dutch police service dogs in the U.S. and has authored
several articles concerning ethics in the sale and exportation of dogs
from the Netherlands. Finally, gaining from her experience of raising
and training young dogs for the Dutch police, Judith heads our
specialized breeding program for Malinois and Dutch Shepherds known as
van Neerland Malinois and Dutch Shepherds.

Rudie van der Heide joined
the KNPV in 1980, became a regional decoy in 1988 and a nationally certified
decoy soon after that. He decoyed the 1999 Object Guard Nationals. Rudie
titled 4 dogs in PH 1, 1 for a PH 2 and 2 dogs for
an Object guard title. He is currently training a young female malinois.

Rudie has started a new
business, making bite suits. We know he will do very well in this venue,
due to his extensive knowledge as a decoy.

We can still count on
him to hand select suitable dogs for us in Holland.